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What Causes Chest Tightness When Diagnosed With Cardiomyopathy And Afib?
Question: I have Cardiomyopathy, AFib, also was having bilateral hip pain and also have arthritis ,fibromyalgia costralcondritis I was injected bilateral hips today. with sol u medrol PA doing injection under instruction of Rheumatologist He guided her with left hip went well ,then rt, hip he was not watching it was very painful maybe because it was worst hip with more inflamation , maybe because she injected a large amt to quickIt is now worse so I took Aleve I have been told not to take anti inflamtory med.s So to make matters worse I have been having chest tightness unconfortable in mid sternum This is what I have done applied heat to rt. hip , I can not lie on rt. side I have applied heat to sternum. More unconfortable so took my BP all over the place RT. Arm158/108 pp105 left arm 125/75 p62 took again153/65p 65 rt arm 139/108 p 110 So I just took an atenolol 25
Brief Answer:
go to Emergency
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
If you have cardiomyopathy and afib and are having chest tightness you need to go to the Emergency Department immediately.
Anti-inflammatory medications like aleve and motrin can cause people with cardiomyopathy to go into heart failure so they need to be avoided.
Tylenol does not do that so it is a good alternative for pain as long as your liver is okay.
I urge you to go to Emergency now for evaluation of your chest tightness
Regards,
Dr. Robinson
go to Emergency
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
If you have cardiomyopathy and afib and are having chest tightness you need to go to the Emergency Department immediately.
Anti-inflammatory medications like aleve and motrin can cause people with cardiomyopathy to go into heart failure so they need to be avoided.
Tylenol does not do that so it is a good alternative for pain as long as your liver is okay.
I urge you to go to Emergency now for evaluation of your chest tightness
Regards,
Dr. Robinson
Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
I could not find your answer last night. so i took a Atenolol. Feel much better today . Guess I'd better stay away from Aleve. Wish i could find something to work Tylenol does nothing. Did not realize I could go into heart failure. Hips feel a little better today after injection but sore to lay on sides. Nothing seems to work for this pain back , hips, neck , thumb joints. Going back on Omega 3 . I try to be active but always pay for it. I have tried Celebrex, Cimbalta made me so ill, Lyrica,gabapentin. I refuse to go on IV med's rest of my life. I do take Norco but it only takes edge off back pain. What is in Aleve that seems to work? Oh well woe is me and I guess rest of people with arthritis and fibramyalga what is wrong with my spell check LOL Thanks anyway,
Brief Answer:
glad you feel better
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I am glad you are feeling better.
The aleve is an anti-inflammatory and that is why it works so well for some forms of pain that also have inflammation.
You may need to increase your narcotic dose. It may be the safest option for you.
I want to urge you again that if you have chest tightness you need to go to Emergency. It can be a sign of heart attack.
Regards,
Dr. Robinson
glad you feel better
Detailed Answer:
Hello,
I am glad you are feeling better.
The aleve is an anti-inflammatory and that is why it works so well for some forms of pain that also have inflammation.
You may need to increase your narcotic dose. It may be the safest option for you.
I want to urge you again that if you have chest tightness you need to go to Emergency. It can be a sign of heart attack.
Regards,
Dr. Robinson
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Above answer was peer-reviewed by :
Dr. Chakravarthy Mazumdar
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